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JavaScript npm Basics (retiring) Installing Packages with npm Installing Local Packages

Damir Kotorić
Damir Kotorić
11,656 Points
Posted by Damir Kotorić
Damir Kotorić
11,656 Points

Both 'npm install bcrypt' and 'npm install bcrypt --python=python2' doesn't work in Workspaces.

The error message I'm getting:

treehouse:~/workspace$ npm install bcrypt

bcrypt@1.0.2 install /home/treehouse/workspace/node_modules/bcrypt
node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(404): https://github.com/kelektiv/node.bcrypt.js/releases/download/v1. 0.2/bcrypt_lib-v1.0.2-node-v48-linux-x64.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for bcrypt@1.0.2 and node@6.9.4 (node-v48 ABI) (falling bac k to source compile with node-gyp)
make: Entering directory /home/treehouse/workspace/node_modules/bcrypt/build' CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bcrypt_lib/src/blowfish.o CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bcrypt_lib/src/bcrypt.o CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bcrypt_lib/src/bcrypt_node.o SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bcrypt_lib.node COPY Release/bcrypt_lib.node COPY /home/treehouse/workspace/node_modules/bcrypt/lib/binding/bcrypt_lib.node TOUCH Release/obj.target/action_after_build.stamp make: Leaving directory/home/treehouse/workspace/node_modules/bcrypt/build'
/home/treehouse/workspace
└── bcrypt@1.0.2

npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/treehouse/workspace/package.json'
npm WARN workspace No description
npm WARN workspace No repository field.
npm WARN workspace No README data
npm WARN workspace No license field.

7 Answers

Josh Campbell
Josh Campbell
4,038 Points
Josh Campbell
Josh Campbell
4,038 Points

I was getting the same errors, I continued the tutorial to see if it would work anyway and it does. For some reason my node_modules folder has many more subfolders in it that I don't think are in use, but the bcrypt folder is in there with all the required files.

Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points
Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points

Hi Andrew Chalkley , any passible fix for workspace ? it doesnt works

also when i opened node_modules i have here about 100 + Folders .... and he got just one =\ 

npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/treehouse/workspace/package.json'                
npm WARN workspace No description                                                                               
npm WARN workspace No repository field.                                                                         
npm WARN workspace No README data                                                                               
npm WARN workspace No license field.
Xiaoxuan Wang
Xiaoxuan Wang
4,590 Points
Xiaoxuan Wang
Xiaoxuan Wang
4,590 Points

Same question here, failed to install npm on workspace.

jlampstack
jlampstack
23,932 Points
jlampstack
jlampstack
23,932 Points

Is there a treehouse moderator who can answer this problem for us? I'm having the same trouble too.

Serge Zant
Serge Zant
10,420 Points
Serge Zant
Serge Zant
10,420 Points

Also having trouble installing bcrypt. Please help us out here.

Bob Swaney
Bob Swaney
13,010 Points
Bob Swaney
Bob Swaney
13,010 Points

So I was having the same issues...Whenever I would try what andrew was doing .... npm install bcrypt --python=python2, it would NEVER work..i actually broke my workspace trying different things and had to delete it and relaunch workspace...however, I did find a fix...using methods from the next 'chapter' of this lesson... To fix, I typed in the console... npm outdated ... I was given a list, with bcrypt listed as 'current' version 0.8.3, and 'wanted' version 0.8.7...so i went to the package.json folder...found the key with bcrypt listed, and changed the version to "0.8.7" with no symbol in front of it, saved the file, and then ran npm install again to update it to the version wanted...then launched node app.js and i saw the hashed password...hope this helps!

James Churchill
STAFF
James Churchill
Treehouse Teacher
James Churchill
James Churchill
Treehouse Teacher

If you are getting errors in the console while installing bcrypt, run npm install bcryptjs instead. Then require bcryptjs in app.js. For example:

var unsecurePlainTextPassword = "password";
var bcrypt = require('bcryptjs');

bcrypt.genSalt(10, function(err, salt) {
  bcrypt.hash(unsecurePlainTextPassword, salt, function(err, hash) {
    console.log(hash);
  });
});

bcryptjs is optimized bcrypt in JavaScript with zero dependencies.